Reply #40: minor correction

[txlibdem]

The Jetsons lived in an upscale high rise building, the pollution was so bad that it was on a tower that could be raised when the pollution made breathing difficult. The denizens of the Jetsons world are the elite, the commoners and poor living on the polluted ground are never shown. It was a depiction of our current situation -- the rich live in beautiful communities walled off from the rest of us, behind gated communities, with all the "modern conveniences." Just like the Jetsons.

As I look back on my naive younger self I wondered why I never questioned who bought the sprockets that George made in his automated factory at Spacely Sprockets. Where did those people live? They were never shown, never talked about, never thought about. Reread the 2nd to last sentence of my first paragraph... George was the only employee -- and he made a very nice living for his labor (tasked only with pushing the "start" button each morning). Does anyone see a parallel with investment bankers/attorneys/hedge fund managers in terms of being fantastically compensated for basically doing nothing (useful).